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Suzannah Mirghani

Awards

Suzannah Mirghani

46 wins & 18 nominations

Berlin Interfilm Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Best Live Action
    • International Competition
    • Al-Sit
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Nominee Best Short Film
    • International Competition
    • Al-Sit

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Cotton Queen (2025)
    2025 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • New Directors Competition
    • Cotton Queen

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Canal+ Award
    • International Competition
    • Al-Sit

AFI Fest

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Live Action Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Nashville Film Festival

  • Virtual Voice (2021)
    2022 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Documentary Short
    • Virtual Voice
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Narrative Short
    • Al-Sit

New Orleans Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Narrative Short Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Cotton Queen (2025)
    2026 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • New Directors Competition
    • Cotton Queen
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Nominee Short Film Award
    • Live Action
    • Al-Sit

Tampere Film Festival

  • Virtual Voice (2021)
    2023 Nominee Grand Prix
    • International Competition
    • Virtual Voice
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Grand Prix
    • International Competition
    • Al-Sit

Thessaloniki Film Festival

  • Cotton Queen (2025)
    2025 Winner Golden Alexander
    • International Competition
    • Cotton Queen
    "This is a film that we took to heart from the first moment we saw it. As we live in a world plagued by genocide and war, this film reminded us of what is truly important and what we are fighting for: our families and communities."

Uppsala International Short Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Nominee Grand Prix
    • International Competition
    • Al-Sit

Venice Film Festival

  • Cotton Queen (2025)
    2025 Nominee Critics' Week Award
    • Best Film
    • Cotton Queen

Huesca Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Best Film Script Award
    • International Competition
    • Al-Sit
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Special Mention
    • International Competition
    • Al-Sit

Zanzibar International Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner ZIFF Chairman's Award
    • Al-Sit
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Best Short/Animation
    • Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Tribeca Film Festival

  • Virtual Voice (2021)
    2021 Nominee Best Documentary Short
    • Shorts
    • Virtual Voice

Carthage Film Festival

  • Cotton Queen (2025)
    2025 Winner TV5 Award
    • Best First Film
    • Cotton Queen

Durban International Film Festival

  • Cotton Queen (2025)
    2026 Winner Best International Feature Film
    • Best International Feature Film
    • Cotton Queen

Encounters International Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Nominee Brief Encounters Grand Prix
    • International Competition
    • Al-Sit

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Nominee Best Short Film
    • International Competition
    • Al-Sit

The European Independent Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Excellence in Women's Filmmaking
    • Dramatic Short
    • Al-Sit

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

  • Cotton Queen (2025)
    2026 Winner Emerging Filmmaker
    • Emerging Filmaker
    • Cotton Queen

BronzeLens Film Festival, Atlanta, US

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit

African Movie Academy Awards

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2022 Nominee Efere Ozako Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Silicon Valley African Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Narrative Short Film Award
    • Narrative - Short Length
    • Al-Sit

ECU European Independent Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Excellence in Women's Filmmaking
    • Al-Sit

Busan International Short Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Jury Prize
    • International Competition
    • Al-Sit
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Nominee Best Short Film
    • International Competition
    • Al-Sit

Vues d'Afrique Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Best Narrative Short Film
    • Best International Medium-Length Film
    • Al-Sit

Ismailia International Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Best Short Film
    • Short Film
    • Al-Sit

San Gio Verona Video Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner The Fevoss Award
    • Best Film
    • Al-Sit

Guanajuato International Film Festival

  • Virtual Voice (2021)
    2022 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Experimental Short Film
    • Virtual Voice
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Fiction Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Ajyal Youth Film Festival

  • Virtual Voice (2021)
    2021 Winner Made in Qatar Award
    • Special Jury Mention
    • Virtual Voice
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2020 Nominee Jury Prize - Hilal
    • Hilal Best Short Film Award
    • Al-Sit

El Ojo Cojo International Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Best Short Film
    • Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF)

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner International Short Film Competition
    • Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Short Film Breaks

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2022 Winner Bronze Elephant
    • Best International Film
    • Al-Sit

International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience SCHLiNGEL

  • Cotton Queen (2025)
    2025 Nominee Award of the Youth Jury
    • Best International Feature Film in the Category "Youth Film"
    • Cotton Queen

LA Shorts International Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Malmö Arab Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Short Film Competition
    • Special Mention
    • Al-Sit

Afrodite Shorts

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Afrodite Shorts Award
    • International Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Beirut International Women Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner International Short Films Competition Award
    • Best Director
    • Al-Sit

International short & independent film festival (ISIFF), Dhaka

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2022 Winner Best Fiction Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF)

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Narrative Short
    • Al-Sit

Nuuk International Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Africa in motion Scotland African film festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Short Film Competition
    • Jury Award
    • Al-Sit

African International Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit

AfryKamera African Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Holidays 365 International Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Alice Guy Blaché Award
    • Best Female Filmmaker
    • Al-Sit
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Director - Narrative Short Film
    • Al-Sit
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Actress - Short Film
    • Al-Sit
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Cinematography - Narrative Short Film
    • Al-Sit
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Jury Award
    • Best International Narrative Short
    • Al-Sit

Latinarab - Festival Internacional de Cine Latino Árabe

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2022 Winner Best Arab Short
    • Best Arab Short
    • Al-Sit

Nepal International Film Festival (NIFF)

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2022 Winner Bagmati Award
    • Bagmati Award for Best International Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Rotterdam Arab Film Festival

  • Cotton Queen (2025)
    2026 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Cotton Queen

Quibdó África Film Festival

  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Baobab Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit
  • Al-Sit (2020)
    2021 Winner Baobab Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Al-Sit

Doha Film Fesival

  • Cotton Queen (2025)
    2025 Winner Audience Award
    • Audience Award
    • Cotton Queen

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